Category: Scotland

UK defence spending plan ‘well short of what’s required’ and harder choices needed, says John Healey – as it happened

Ex-defence secretary John Healey and ex-defence minister Al Carns have given resignation statements to MPsSpeaking to reporters at the G7, Keir Starmer also defended the defence investment plan (DIP) draft that led to John...

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‘We eat and drink risk’: higher costs bring curtain down on more UK music festivals

Plans for new event at the Secret Garden Party site and Womad Glasgow are dashed, but others remain optimisticHosting Scotland’s first Womad festival seemed like an easy sell for Glasgow, the country’s gig capital...

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Starmer insists defence plan ‘will keep us safe’ after Healey resigns in protest over funding – UK politics live

PM responds to shock resignation, claiming his defence spending plan will deliver an ‘unprecedented increase’ in fundingRyan Henderson, assistant chief constable for the Police Service of Northern Ireland, is about...

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Tax-break trees: how woodland became a store of wealth for the rich

Attempt to turn a stretch of the English-Scottish border into a commercial forest exposes threat to habitats from wealthy investorsOn the English-Scottish border a small species of butterfly, the northern brown argus, has fended...

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World Cup 2026: guide to all 1,248 players

Everything you need to know (and more) about every squad member. Click on the player pictures for more information Continue...

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Starmer says he ‘felt sick’ watching video of Henry Nowak’s arrest – UK politics live

The prime minister said: ‘I have seen the body cam footage, it’s harrowing, and I have to say, as a father of a 17-year-old boy, I felt sick watching it.’BBC Scotland has more details of the Peter Murrell...

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Police officer received death threats over Nowak murder case as Mahmood condemns ‘dangerous’ commentary – UK politics live

Home secretary says officer wrongly linked to case had to relocate after footage emerged of victim being handcuffed while dyingBBC Scotland has more details of the Peter Murrell hearing this morning on its live blog. And, on its...

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Home secretary giving statement on stab victim handcuffed by police while dying – UK politics live

The 18-year-old student, Henry Nowak, was falsely accused of racism by his murderer when police arrivedBBC Scotland has more details of the Peter Murrell hearing this morning on its live blog. And, on its live blog, Sky News has...

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